Pinko Marx
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Sharp said:You basically said "anyone who thinks the Beatles were influential is racist."
Sharp said:You basically said "anyone who thinks the Beatles were influential is racist."
Pinko Marx said:http://imgur.com/7gpoP.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Pinko Marx]That song doesn't count cause hes black. Only white people were allowed to revolutionize music before the 70s.[/QUOTE]
Implication: Nobody would think the Beatles were revolutionary if only they were willing to give credit to black musicians.
Reality: Right off the bat, jazz dominated the popular music scene for much of the first half of the century. I guess in your mind everyone attributed jazz to white musicians too? I feel like you're actually making a totally separate argument from everyone else in the thread, TBH. In any case, while the Beatles (like every other rock musician) obviously owe a lot to black musicians that preceded them, they're not even a good example of a band that blatantly stole shit from them. Most of their early beats are fairly standard rock fare for the era (read: copied from other white musicians who stole from black artists), and their later stuff is influenced much more by classical and Indian music. Since I'm guessing you don't actually listen to jazz, classical music, or the Beatles very much, it probably explains why you're so confused.
brianjones said:is it controversial to say
pink floyd pre dark side of the moon > pink floyd dark side of the moon and post?
i prefer psychedelic floyd
also, fuck this:
big black
birthday party
black flag
cocteau twins
the cramps
the cure
echo & the bunnymen
the feelies
galaxie 500
the gun club
happy mondays
husker du
jesus & mary chain
mission of burma
my bloody valentine
new order
prince
r.e.m.
the replacements
the smiths
sonic youth
spacemen 3
stone roses
swans
wedding present
XTC
Sharp said:Implication: Nobody would think the Beatles were revolutionary if only they were willing to give credit to black musicians.
Reality: Right off the bat, jazz dominated the popular music scene for much of the first half of the century. I guess in your mind everyone attributed jazz to white musicians too? I feel like you're actually making a totally separate argument from everyone else in the thread, TBH. In any case, while the Beatles (like every other rock musician) obviously owe a lot to black musicians that preceded them, they're not even a good example of a band that blatantly stole shit from them. Most of their early beats are fairly standard rock fare, and their later stuff has much more of a classical / Indian background. Since I'm guessing you don't actually listen to jazz, classical music, or the Beatles very much, it probably explains why you're so confused.
ToxicAdam said:There's a lot of 80's songs that would like to take issue with that statement.
Simon Belmont said:How did you leave the Talking Heads off of this list? Oh, and Crowded House.
I enjoy listening to their songs from time to time. But they are not something I'd listen to on a album-to-album basis. They'd get boring fast otherwise.queen is one of the worst bands ever
freddie mercury was a talented singer but my god their music is complete cheese.
Only if you have boring taste!New heavy metal sucks balls (see The Metal Thread) and shouldn't be called "heavy metal"
I don't think this is controversial.U2 has been nothing but downhill since Joshua Tree. Way downhill.
Ironically metalheads are the least annoying music fans on GAF.Metalheads are the most obnoxious and annoying of the music subcultures.
brianjones said:my point was the 80s was an amazing decade for music (possibly my favorite) and gets a silly bad rap based on stupid crap that was popular at the time.
brianjones said:im sure i forgot more.. dont know crowded house though
my point was the 80s was an amazing decade for music (possibly my favorite) and gets a silly bad rap based on stupid crap that was popular at the time.
michael jacksonbrianjones said:also, fuck this:
big black
birthday party
black flag
cocteau twins
the cramps
the cure
echo & the bunnymen
the feelies
galaxie 500
the gun club
happy mondays
husker du
jesus & mary chain
mission of burma
my bloody valentine
new order
prince
r.e.m.
the replacements
the smiths
sonic youth
spacemen 3
stone roses
swans
wedding present
XTC
Sealda said:Radiohead make so fucking boring music. Even Coldplay is better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPEG-d-Dhy4Sealda said:Most Rappers are not actually musicians (and rap is one of the lowest form of music). They have no sense for chords and tones (although they often times have some sense for rhythm since they have to rhyme in the correct tempo). Its just them rhyming over a beat with samples that they stole from real musicians.
Dreams-Visions said:
Your mom is cool as hell.Nappuccino said:Sounds like something my mom would listen too....
Sealda said:Most Rappers are not actually musicians (and rap is one of the lowest form of music). They have no sense for chords and tones (although they often times have some sense for rhythm since they have to rhyme in the correct tempo). Its just them rhyming over a beat with samples that they stole from real musicians.
Radiohead make so fucking boring music. Even Coldplay is better.
90 % of Red Hot Chili Peppers songs before Californication is brain dead funk that lacks any attraction. Its bad melodies disguised in boring shitty aggressive slapping and the worst singing that sounds like pure shitty improvisation on the spot.
Most of Bob Dylans acoustic songs sucks ass and the only reason people like them is because of the lyrics or because they need simple music that only involves 1 instrument and they are the same people who cannot understand that 99% of all singer and songwriting is a very simple and dumbed down version of band music.
Prince is a stupid pervert who ruined his career with shitty experimental music that no one beside himself likes except every 20th song where he actually makes a normal song that a normal person can listen too.
Iron Maiden is really boring shitty metal from the 80s that got a completely undeserved revival in the 90s.
Born to Run is one of Bruce Springsteens most boring and pretentious albums.
99 % of all people with Led Zeppelin shirts would for themselves admit after listening to every Led Zeppelin song that 90 % of the songs are kinda unlistenable shitty melodies that are comparable to Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Baam...
Also i do not think one should judge an artist until you heard every album they recorded like 4 times![]()
ATF487 said:p. terrible post but the bolded is sort of obvious, they're vocalists and they aren't playing any instruments. But listen to something like this; rappers can be amazingly talented in they way the manipulate language
Pseudo_Sam said:The Arctic Monkeys are the best thing to ever come out of Europe music-wise
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Nappuccino said:Mostly because there's some real music going on in most of their tracks.
yeah, can't believe he forgot El-PPeru said:Ugh.
Timber said:yeah, can't believe he forgot El-P
Nappuccino said:My main hip hop acts are the Roots, Aesop Rock and the Beastie Boys.
Mostly because there's some real music going on in most of their tracks.
Yeah this thread is pissing me off. I understand opinions, but some of these posts are insane.
"Kanye West has no talent... I've only heard like 3 songs though"
dude, you made it. coulda shoulda seen this coming.AvidNobody said:Yeah this thread is pissing me off.
AmenBarberetti said:Remove the 'Almost' from the start, and you'll be spot on.
The kind of sampling The Avalanches does is a lot different from someone like P Diddly taking a song from Synchronicity and rhyming over it and then calling it a day. That kind of shit pisses me off.ATF487 said:Love the Roots. But sampling is sort of its own art form, it can be so daunting...the Avalanches used samples from a lot of different sources to create a really cool pop album, but the amount of detail it required is just ridiculous
These threads always bring out the ignorant people. Always.:lolAvidNobody said:Yeah this thread is pissing me off. I understand opinions, but some of these posts are insane.
But rappers don't even play instruments so I don't know what you're on about...Peru said:Dumb opinions aren't 'controversial'. Yeah, saying The Beatles suck, that's a solid contrarian standpoint. Bragging about being an ignorant idiot who doesn't understand certain genres is just revealing your clueless inner self.
Pseudo_Sam said:Bob Dylan has a terrible, terrible voice and as a result a mediocre music career
John Mayer is a guitar god and should be mentioned right alongside the others (Clapton, ect.)
James Woods said:Fergie and her tits are the only redeeming thing about BEP.
Sunglasses At Night is a fantastic 80's song and one of the best from that era of great music.
Timber said:But rappers don't even play instruments so I don't know what you're on about...
:lolbolbronx said:Right you are.
Radiohead is a really mediocre band.
Pink Floyd sucks.
Stones<Kinks<Beatles
Salazar said:NOFX's best album is So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes.
demon said:The kind of sampling The Avalanches does is a lot different from someone like P Diddly taking a song from Synchronicity and rhyming over it and then calling it a day. That kind of shit pisses me off.
Is this really controversial? Seems like a straight-up opinion.HappyBivouac said:Jazz as a genre is both more compositionally interesting and more expressive than most of the work produced by the classical titans of the past several centuries.
Sharp said:Is this really controversial? Seems like a straight-up opinion.
Salazar said:NOFX's best album is Pump Up The Valuum